Immigrant Ships
Transcribers Guild

SS Bienville

I, J. B. Baker, Master of the Steamship Bienville, do solemnly, sincerely, and truly swear that the following List or Manifest, subscribed by me, and now delivered by me to the Collector of the Customs of the Collection District of New York, is a full and perfect List of all the Passengers taken on board the said Steamship Bienville at Havana, from which Port the said Steamship has now arrived; and that on said List is truly designated the age, the sex, and the occupation of each of said passengers, the part of the vessel occupied by each during the passage, the country to which each belongs, and also the country of which it is intended by each to become an inhabitant; and that said List or Manifest truly sets forth the number of said Passengers who have died on said Voyage and the names and ages of those who died.
So help me God. (Signature) J. B. Baker.

Sworn to this May 5th 1868,
Before me. (Signature) J R Sz?????, D.C..

List or Manifest of ALL THE PASSENGERS taken on board the Steamship Bienville whereof J. B. Baker is Master, from Havana, burthen 1486 26/100 tons.

Columns represent: given name and surname, age, sex, occupation, the country to which they severally belong, the country in which they intend to become inhabitants, the part of the vessel occupied during the voyage, and a notation if the passenger died during the voyage.

               
 
  1* C. Hudson                42   M   M^t         U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
  2  J. G. Pola y Gutierrez   29   M   Planter     Cuba       Cuba       Saloon
  3  Jose Stipolito           30   M   Merchant    Cuba       Cuba       Saloon
  4  J. Brown                 35   M   Merchant    England    England    Saloon
  5  Mrs Brown                28   F   Lady        England    England    Saloon
  6  A. Brown                  7   M   Child       England    England    Saloon
  7  M. Brown                  3   F   Child       England    England    Saloon
  8  Frieta Sunderman         36   F   Servant     England    England    Saloon
  9  Manuel Magannes          28   M   Servant     England    England    Saloon
 10  J. J. McGrath            32   M   Merchant    U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 11  Miss E. McGrath          19   F   Lady        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 12* M. Habers                30   M   Merchant    U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 13  A. J. Jesenin            36   M   Gent        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 14  Manuel Roca              42   M   Gent        Cuba       Cuba       Saloon
 15* Mr Marrow                47   M   Mercht      U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 16* Mrs Morrow               38   F   Lady        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 17* J. Marrow                19   M   Boy         U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 18* H. Marrow                12   M   Boy         U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 19  J. M. Duncan             28   M   Merchant    U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 20  Miss C. L. Duncan        24   F   Lady        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 21  Mr Paducana              28   M   Mechanic    U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 22  Miss Randles             26   F   Lady        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 23  Jno Williams             29   M   Servant     Scotland   Scotland   Saloon
 24  Col J Tennent            50   M   Gent        Scotland   Scotland   Saloon
 25  Mr Smythe                36   M   Merchant    U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 26  Julia McCaufferty        33   F   Lady        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 27  Enes McCaufferty         25   F   Lady        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon
 28  P. Vindero               27   M   Mech        Cuba       Cuba       Saloon
 29* Mrs Lusk                 38   F   Lady        U.S.       U.S.       Saloon


 Transcriber's Notes:

  A question mark (?) indicates a letter or a number that cannot be transcribed 
  definitely.

  An asterisk (*) indicates either difficulty in deciphering the handwriting of the 
  manifest or something in the Transcriber's Notes to which the reader should refer.

  A caret (^) indicates that the following letter in a word or name is superscripted.

  The transcriber numbers the passengers consecutively, even though they are not 
  numbered in the original manifest.

  "Male" and "Female" in the Sex column is shortened to "M" and "F" for formatting 
  reasons.  


  1     Passenger's Occupation is recorded as "M^t", likely an abbreviation 
        for "Merchant".
 12     Surname is either "Habers" or "Habens".
 15-18  Surname is possibly "Morrow", "Marrow" or "Marron".
 29     Surname appears to be either "Lusk" or "Lark".   
  

National Archives and Records Administration, Film M237, Reel 294, List 390.

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